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You have put ça lui est égal is masculine and Celia lui est égal is feminine. Then when ask to answer which are correct for he doesn’t mind and you said both answers were correct?
Why is it "Tarte au Maroilles" and not "Tarte aux Maroilles"?
The adjective, vintage, does not agree with its plural noun, vêtements. Is it invariant and is this so because it is a word borrowed from English ? If so, is this the case with other borrowed adjectives, for example super? Thanks for the informative story about Lille.
Why "s'illumine de lumieres colorees" and not "des lumieres colorees"?
I understand that "des" becomes "de" when the adjective precedes the noun that it is modifying, but in this case "colorees" is after "lumieres".
Hello, how is the word ‘fence’ spelt in French? I wrote clôture and was marked wrong.
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Technically, you cannot use the near future for weather forecasting. A forecast is a prediction; therefore, the future simple should be used. The only grammatically correct way to use the near future for weather is when you are outside, the wind whips up, storm clouds roll in with thunder/lightening...then, you can say (in English, French, or Spanish) that it's "going to rain". Perhaps in very colloquial language the near future is used for weather forecasts, but it is wrong, and this should be clearly noted in the lesson.
Chers amis,
Please clarify my doubt. Mon école est à côté des appartements or Mon école est à côté d'appartements
Which one is right? does de gets contracted to des or changes to d' as appartements starts with a vowel.
Thanks in advance.
Why has 'Mort' as the past participle of Mourir changed spelling to 'mour' ? I understand adding the 's' to make it match.
Even in the 'learn & discuss; section, it show the past participle as 'mort'. is this an error ?
While reviewing, I came across this question... "How best to say 'He loved this book!'?" Since the question was multiple choice, the answer that it expected was obvious. But isn't l'imparfait better suited for this example than passé composé? When someone "loves a book", it is not a brief, one time thing. They don't love the book and then forget about it the second they put it down. It is more likely that he loved the book for years, until he died. Or if he is still living, he continues to love this book. It just seems to me that an emotion is a rather bad question choice for passé composé.
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